Leaked Numbers In AT&T's Regulatory Filing Exposes Network Rollout Strategy

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Leaked Numbers In AT&T's Regulatory Filing Exposes Network Rollout Strategy
http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/leaked-numbers-in-atts-regulatory-filing-exposes-network-rollout-stratagy.php

An insufficiently redacted regulatory filing mistakenly filed with the Federal Communications Commission last week reveals how AT&T plans to roll out its next generation wireless network. At the same time, it gives the world a glimpse into how the the nation's largest telecommunications carrier is trying to persuade regulators that its proposed merger with T-Mobile will be good for America.

As TPM reported last week, the botched AT&T filing shows that its executives were not willing to spend $3.8 billion to extend its next-generation LTE wireless technology from 80 percent of the country to 97 percent -- unless it is allowed to acquire T-Mobile in a $39 billion proposed deal.

TPM has posted a copy of the controversial filing, and it contains some interesting factoids.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/documents/2011/08/atts-august-4-meeting-with-the-fcc.php?page=1

One is the rate at which AT&T plans to roll out its LTE network. It already had planned to roll out the technology to 80 percent of the U.S. by the end of 2013, ramping up in 2012 to 170 million of the U.S. population and then to the full 250 million by the end of 2012.

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1. A major reason is because they can't do so w/o T-Mobile spectrum...

Or a massive purchase of new spectrum.... If it's even available. But it's LTE rollout for competitiveness. It's not as if 3G isn't very good... Just not as good. I think the much bigger concerns are pricing, service and job cuts.